Dave Aronberg
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Yeah. So do you, well, are you focused on news?
Yeah. So do you, well, are you focused on news?
Yeah. I don't know. Not sports. So we've always just looked for different things like that, that try to find something talented people and find things that I haven't seen necessarily before. So like.
Yeah. I don't know. Not sports. So we've always just looked for different things like that, that try to find something talented people and find things that I haven't seen necessarily before. So like.
Yeah. I don't know. Not sports. So we've always just looked for different things like that, that try to find something talented people and find things that I haven't seen necessarily before. So like.
call her daddy which I'm surprised I don't see the big signs around here yeah you found that yeah she went on to become extremely and I hadn't seen anything like that like it wasn't my cup of tea but it was like oh this is different and we've been very successful for that but it it's trying to get out of I guess a network sense it's like And I'm sure it would be similar with you.
call her daddy which I'm surprised I don't see the big signs around here yeah you found that yeah she went on to become extremely and I hadn't seen anything like that like it wasn't my cup of tea but it was like oh this is different and we've been very successful for that but it it's trying to get out of I guess a network sense it's like And I'm sure it would be similar with you.
call her daddy which I'm surprised I don't see the big signs around here yeah you found that yeah she went on to become extremely and I hadn't seen anything like that like it wasn't my cup of tea but it was like oh this is different and we've been very successful for that but it it's trying to get out of I guess a network sense it's like And I'm sure it would be similar with you.
If I see something and it catches me for more than a minute or two, it's like, I'm interested in this. That's a good start. We've certainly been wrong a lot. It's a band label for us, kind of like a band label, sign a bunch of little bands, hopefully one or two hit. And that kind of is the model.
If I see something and it catches me for more than a minute or two, it's like, I'm interested in this. That's a good start. We've certainly been wrong a lot. It's a band label for us, kind of like a band label, sign a bunch of little bands, hopefully one or two hit. And that kind of is the model.
If I see something and it catches me for more than a minute or two, it's like, I'm interested in this. That's a good start. We've certainly been wrong a lot. It's a band label for us, kind of like a band label, sign a bunch of little bands, hopefully one or two hit. And that kind of is the model.
We sign them for contracts. So it's generally like two to three years. So like a band label and not different from a band label, once they become successful, they're very difficult to deal with. Like then they want the money, they see what's going on. And so the talent business, Yeah, because once the talent becomes big, they don't need you anymore and they may be under contract.
We sign them for contracts. So it's generally like two to three years. So like a band label and not different from a band label, once they become successful, they're very difficult to deal with. Like then they want the money, they see what's going on. And so the talent business, Yeah, because once the talent becomes big, they don't need you anymore and they may be under contract.
We sign them for contracts. So it's generally like two to three years. So like a band label and not different from a band label, once they become successful, they're very difficult to deal with. Like then they want the money, they see what's going on. And so the talent business, Yeah, because once the talent becomes big, they don't need you anymore and they may be under contract.
But you got to they generally if they if we can't resign them, they leave. And we built a lot of very rich superstars in this digital age from Alex Cooper, Pat McAfee, a lot of people make a lot of money. And then we just got to refill the pipeline and find the next and never ends. And that sucks.
But you got to they generally if they if we can't resign them, they leave. And we built a lot of very rich superstars in this digital age from Alex Cooper, Pat McAfee, a lot of people make a lot of money. And then we just got to refill the pipeline and find the next and never ends. And that sucks.
But you got to they generally if they if we can't resign them, they leave. And we built a lot of very rich superstars in this digital age from Alex Cooper, Pat McAfee, a lot of people make a lot of money. And then we just got to refill the pipeline and find the next and never ends. And that sucks.
Yeah, we've done well. That bankruptcy thing, by the way, this was a New York Times hit piece. I did, but it was like my dad told me in college and I hate the New York Times. Anyhow, that wasn't a business thing. So yeah, we sold Barstool in 2016. 15% of it for about $12 million was the valuation. Then we sold it again for $600 million was the valuation. And then I got it back for $1.
Yeah, we've done well. That bankruptcy thing, by the way, this was a New York Times hit piece. I did, but it was like my dad told me in college and I hate the New York Times. Anyhow, that wasn't a business thing. So yeah, we sold Barstool in 2016. 15% of it for about $12 million was the valuation. Then we sold it again for $600 million was the valuation. And then I got it back for $1.
Yeah, we've done well. That bankruptcy thing, by the way, this was a New York Times hit piece. I did, but it was like my dad told me in college and I hate the New York Times. Anyhow, that wasn't a business thing. So yeah, we sold Barstool in 2016. 15% of it for about $12 million was the valuation. Then we sold it again for $600 million was the valuation. And then I got it back for $1.